Also called Heru, Har, Harsiese, Horus the Elder.
Their story
Horus, son of Isis and Osiris, grew up hidden in the marshes and then fought his uncle Set for the throne of Egypt. In the Contendings of Horus and Set their quarrel lasted eighty years before the gods gave the throne to Horus. Horus lost an eye in the struggle, and its healing made the wedjat eye a symbol of wholeness.
Their day
Sunday. In modern practice, Sunday is chosen for him because of his close ties to the sun and the sky.
Best times to give to them
- Wepet Renpet
- the Festival of the Beautiful Reunion
- sunrise
What they like being given
- fresh water
- bread
- incense
- a small wedjat amulet
- a vow of courage kept
How to honour them
- Greet him at sunrise with a short prayer of protection.
- Wear or keep an eye of Horus amulet for healing and wholeness.
- Ask for his strength before facing something hard.
- Act fairly when you have power over others.
How they can help you
- protection
- courage
- recovering from harm
- fair leadership
- rightful claims
Symbols
- the falcon
- the wedjat eye
- the double crown
- the winged sun disc
Egyptians honoured several forms of Horus, and the Elder Horus and Horus son of Isis were sometimes distinct.
Festivals
- Khoiak (Mysteries of Osiris) The fourth month of the Egyptian year, with the main rites from about the 12th to the 30th of Khoiak; modern Kemetic dates vary, usually late October to November
More Egyptian gods
- Osiris Lord of the afterlife and new growth
- Ra The sun who sails the sky
- Thoth Scribe of the gods, lord of wisdom
- Anubis Guardian and guide of the dead
- Khonsu The Traveller, the moon who heals
- Amun The hidden king of the gods at Thebes
- Ptah Creator by word and patron of craftsmen
- Atum The self-created first god of Heliopolis